Chapter 95. Pincer Attack

     After finding her own position and new goals, Lin Qitong felt refreshed. After returning to Xingzhou Island, she quickly entered the working state.

     When she went to the island to check the progress of some advertising projects, she met a Korean UP host who was shooting a vlog. The other party recognized her and came to talk to her in a not-so-pure Mandarin.

     Lin Qitong also knew this UP host. After all, she occasionally watched videos on Bilibili. The other party was a Korean student studying in the capital. He had 300,000 fans on Bilibili. She usually liked to travel around China, shoot some videos about local customs and customs, and occasionally make some food videos about exploring stores.

     “Welcome to Xingzhou Island! How do you feel?”

     The UP host did not hesitate to praise: “Xingzhou Island is so beautiful!”

     Although she had posted a short vlog before, there were many questioning voices below, and some remarks that were slanderous with prejudice against China, but she thought that when she posted this video, she would definitely be able to slap those people in the face.

     As an industrial city, Youshi has serious environmental pollution, so the environment of Xingzhou Island must be very bad?

     If the pollution is really serious, then the seabed here must be bare. But look at this video without any beauty and filters. The coral reef here is a long piece. All the corals look very healthy. Countless tropical fish swim in the sea, and even small turtles mix in and play with the tropical fish. 

     Not far from this sea area, green turtles are either foraging or taking a group of small turtles to teach them how to avoid the fierce predators in the ocean and the seabirds staring at them on the sea surface.

     The elderly dugong head is half floating in the sea, with their eyes drooping, looking like he hasn’t woken up yet. Young dugongs are eating everywhere, while young dugong cubs are so lively that people suspect that they are not dugongs but sea lions. If you give them a ball, they can play with it for half a day.

     Looking at the coast, reefs and forests, you can see all kinds of rare seabirds everywhere, including terns, white-bellied sea eagles, red-footed boobies, black-footed albatrosses, and red-billed tropical birds. The wildlife resources here are very rich, comparable to those wetland parks covering tens of thousands of acres. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a paradise for marine life.

     And the white sandy beaches where tourists are more active are not full of garbage as those slanderers say. The sand here is white and fine, not at all painful, and as clean as if stones, wood chips, garbage, etc. have been filtered out with a filter.

     Many tourists will lie on the beach for sunbathing, and the beach here will “massage”. Although scientists say that it is because the sand is too fine, there will be downward pressure when people lie down, so the sand will flow, giving people the illusion that it is massaging, but in fact it does not really massage.

     But everyone enjoys this illusion, so they joke that it is a massage. Tourists who have not experienced massage on the beach cannot say that they have been to Xingzhou Island.

     Some Korean netizens also complained that Chinese tourists have poor quality?

     This UP host has been to Xingzhou Island for three days. What she saw was that tourists consciously threw garbage into the trash can. Even for a three-year-old child, his parents would teach him where to throw the garbage.

     She even found that some tourists put their mobile phones and bags on the mats on the beach when they were going to play in the sea. She kindly reminded them, but they smiled and said: “Don’t worry, it’s safe here, even if there are thieves, they will be caught quickly.”

     Doesn’t this just show that the quality of tourists here is very high and no one will steal?

     Although she later learned that even if someone really stole something, Xingzhou Island would be able to catch the thief in the first place and recover the stolen items for the owner, this also shows that Xingzhou Island is well managed and tourists are of high quality, because if people are not of high quality, have weak moral sense, and have weak legal awareness, they will not consciously abide by its rules.

     “Can I interview you?” The UP host wanted to talk to Lin Qitong about more things about Xingzhou Island, so that when she made the video, people could have a more comprehensive understanding of Xingzhou Island.

     She was so enthusiastic that Lin Qitong almost thought that the other party had received promotion fees from Xingzhou Island to help promote the video. However, she was the head of the publicity department and knew that the other party did not cooperate with Xingzhou Island, so this was completely “tap water”!

     Lin Qitong was a little proud, but she still kept a modest and decent smile on her face and said, “Of course.”

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     After learning that Lin Qitong had recovered her spirits and was more proactive at work, Li Yaolin knew that the chicken soup she had made would be useless.

     It happened that she had a lot of meetings recently, and she couldn’t even go back to the island at night. She couldn’t spare time to talk to people, which saved a lot of trouble.

     “Mr. Li, regarding the proposal of Wenhua Group to jointly develop Jiahai with us…” Vice President Qi came hurriedly and reported the results of his discussion with Wenhua Group.

     Yes, it was Wenhua Group behind Wenhua Travel Agency that approached Li Yaolin and wanted to jointly develop new coastal tourist attractions with Li Yaolin. The government is also actively trying to connect them, which is why she has had so many meetings recently.

     The reason why the other party approached Li Yaolin is very simple. Since Li Yaolin doesn’t want to share the cake of Xingzhou Island with them, they can invite Li Yaolin to bake another bigger cake with them.

     Jiahai is this bigger cake. The coastline of Youshi is 180 kilometers long, and most of the beaches are undeveloped. In addition to Yuhai Park and Romantic Sea House Resort, only the area southwest of Yuhai Park is a film and television base that is being invested and constructed by Wenhua Tourism Investment Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Wenhua Group, and Yanling Scenic Area, Folk Village, and real estate projects that integrate tourism and leisure, food culture, shopping and commercial residence.

     The remaining beaches are either tidal flats or have not been developed due to lack of investment from developers.

     The reason why Jiahai was not developed in the past was that there was already a good example of Yuhai Park, and developers were worried about losing money. In addition, the inconvenient transportation made Jiahai a piece of chicken ribs for many investors.

     Due to Xingzhou Island, the problem of inconvenient transportation in Jiahai has been initially solved, and Xingzhou Island has also brought many tourists to Jiahai. At this time, developing Jiahai is completely a “win without effort”.

     Developers are almost breaking their heads for this piece of cake. At this time, someone raised a question: “Do you have the confidence to develop Jiahai to be the same as Xingzhou Island? Even if you can’t do the same, being half the level of Xingzhou Island is enough to attract tourists, but can you do it?”

     Developers: “…”

     They were silent.

     “If even the simplest pollution can’t be solved, then Jiahai will be the second Yuhai Park, right? Although Yuhai Park is still the tourist attraction with the highest number of tourists in our city’s coastal tourism industry, according to the data of the past few months, the number of tourists has begun to decline.

     “No tourist who has been to Xingzhou Island is not disappointed with Yuhai Park. They all said that if they couldn’t get tickets for Xingzhou Island, they would not want to go to Yuhai Park. Similarly, although tourists from Xingzhou Island will pass through Liantou Port and Jiahai, do you really have the confidence not to be scolded?”

     Some people murmured with a lack of confidence: “Well, you underestimate us too much.”

     Someone asked sincerely: “Do you have any good suggestions? “

     “It’s very simple. If you want Jiahai to have a tourist environment like Xingzhou Island that is worthy of praise from tourists, why not bring Poseidon Holiday Company here? Everyone present has studied what Xingzhou Island looked like in the past. I think you have not forgotten the reason why you gave up developing it? Therefore, the transformation of Xingzhou Island from an ugly duckling to a white swan is the credit of Poseidon Holiday Company. Only they, no, only the rumored island owner, have the ability to purify pollution. “

     While they were still hesitating, Wenhua Group went directly to the government, hoping to actively promote their cooperation with Li Yaolin through the government’s leadership.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     She hadn’t even finished eating the cake of Xingzhou Island, and these people actually wanted her to bake another cake. She was afraid that she would choke to death before she got fat.

     However, the news was finally spread, and Wenhua Group’s stock rose as a result, and many coastal tourist attractions in Yóushì became nervous.

     In the center of Biwan District, in a conference room in a business building, there were discussions mixed with anxiety and resentment:

     “I thought that no matter how much the Poseidon Holiday Company jumped, it only had Xingzhou Island as a card, and the scope of its business was only this small, so it didn’t affect us much. I didn’t expect…”

     “Once the other party reaches out to the seaside, will our scenic spot still have a way to survive? Originally, the turnover has not improved much in the past two years, and after the development of Xingzhou Island, our turnover has been greatly affected. If it hadn’t brought us some tourists from other places, our losses would have been even greater.”

     “Yes, this is over the line!”

     At this time, a man in the corner sneered and said, “I have warned you long ago that the Li and the people behind Li are ambitious and will not be content to develop only one island. My club was ruined by her in the beginning.”

     The person opposite him said tactlessly, “Isn’t it your own fault, Yu Fan?”

     Yu Fan said unhappily, “Why are your elbows bent outward? Aren’t we discussing how to deal with Poseidon Holiday Company now?”

     The man said, “Hey, you are wrong. The reason why we are sitting here is to discuss how to find a new way out of this dilemma, not to get together to oppose anyone. The reason why you failed in the beginning is because you are narrow-minded and only know how to fight evil. “

     The reason why they feel the crisis is that Wenhua Group is a behemoth, but it does not pose a great threat to their scenic spots. Now it is cooperating with the rising Xingzhou Island. From the map, Xingzhou Island, Yanling, Biwan Tourist Island in the center of Biwan Port, and now the much-watched Jiahai, it is a spread out gathering net, and all the coastal tourist attractions in Youshi are in this net.

     It is a pity that these scenic spots are not the ones who cast the net, but the prey caught in the net.

     The man said: “We can’t think of ‘fighting to the death’ with the other party. It’s better to become a part of this net. “

     His speech was quite rational, but there were too many interests involved. Some people were unwilling to face the reality and thought that the rise of Xingzhou Island had broken the balance of the coastal tourism industry in Yóushì. Everyone’s environment was equally bad, and the tourists’ evaluations were similar. After the appearance of Xingzhou Island, It makes them look very bad.

     So instead of cooperating with Xingzhou Island, they tended to mess up the matter and lock Xingzhou Island in the sea.

     What does it matter if Xingzhou Island develops well?

     With only two routes, it can’t receive more tourists at all, so it’s not a big deal. But if it reaches the coast, the surrounding scenic spots will fall.

     Vice President Qi soon discovered that the government wanted to include Baoren Port Terminal in the coastal area of the downtown telecommunications building-Yuhai Park-Romantic Sea House Resort. In the sea tourism route, several major coastal tourist attractions are connected to form a tourism and cultural circle, but this plan has been shelved recently. He inquired and found out that several scenic spots such as Romantic Sea House Resort were not happy and interfered.

     After the tourist bus line from Biwan Station to Baoren Port and Liantou Port was established, although Li Yaolin didn’t care much about whether she could join this route, she was a little unhappy that the other party used such blatant means to exclude and deal with her.

     In addition, Wenhua Travel Agency also received protests from these scenic spots. They were unwilling to add Xingzhou Island to the boutique route dominated by their scenic spots. They wanted to draw a clear line with Xingzhou Island.

     They also persuaded the representatives of the travel agency, saying: “Xingzhou Island is not sincere in cooperating with you at all, otherwise why has it been unwilling to open group tours and even unwilling to provide convenience to travel agencies? Now that Xingzhou Island has a direct route, how much benefit can the local tour agency get from it? “

     The travel agency representative was indeed somewhat tempted. They had not given up seeking further cooperation with Xingzhou Island.

     After learning that Li Yaolin asked Deputy Manager Song to go to Hong Kong on a business trip to discuss promotion matters, they even proposed to recommend Xingzhou Island to Hong Kong’s middle-aged and elderly tour groups. In this way, Xingzhou Island can bring at least 50,000 overseas tourists every year.

     This time he told Li Yaolin about the stabbing in the back by the Romantic Sea House and other scenic spots, and also wanted to make her nervous.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Originally, she was just a little unhappy, but now she is very unhappy.

     Do they really think she is a baker who is only responsible for baking cakes, and if you want to eat cakes, you have to look at their faces?